A/R: EC boss attacked, robbed at gunpoint
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Mr Bannor Bio and four others were attacked and robbed at gunpoint
The Ashanti Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mr Benjamin Bannor Bio, has been attacked by armed robbers.
The incident happened on the Anwiankwanta-Obuasi highway about 10:30 pm on Saturday, 10 October 2020.
The EC official was on his way from the Western Region to Kumasi.
He and four other occupants of a Nissan patrol vehicle were attacked by the armed robbers.
The robbers reportedly bolted with their cell phones and an unspecified amount of money.
The matter has been reported to the police for further investigation.
According to reports, another man, who was driving on the same stretch, was also robbed.
His mobile phone and an unspecified amount of money were taken by the robbers.
The attack follows the recent killing of the Member of Parliament for Mfantseman, Ekow Hayford on the Abeadze Dominase-Abeadze Duadzi-Mankessim road by suspected robbers.
He was returning from a campaign trip when the incident occurred last Friday dawn, 9 October 2020.
Source: Classfmonline.com
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